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当事 dāng shì to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter)
错综 cuò zōng intricate / complicated / tangled / involved / to synthesize
紊 wěn involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. [wen4]
绕脖子 rào bó zi tricky / involved / to beat about the bush
对方 duì fāng counterpart / other person involved / opposite side / other side / receiving party
双方 shuāng fāng bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
当事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair)
介入 jiè rù to intervene / to get involved
复出 fù chū to come back out of retirement / to get involved again after having withdrawn
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
卷入 juǎn rù to be drawn into / to be involved in
涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
涉案 shè àn (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
插手 chā shǒu to get involved in / to meddle / interference
过问 guò wèn to show an interest in / to get involved with
有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc) / to be concerned / to be involved
受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into / to get involved (on sb else's account)
事主 shì zhǔ victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator
搅和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)
参政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics / participation in politics
八国联军 Bā guó Lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
涉险 shè xiǎn to take risks / involved in adventure
蒙恬 Méng Tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 / and building the great wall
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
怕事 pà shì timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
难解难分 nán jiě nán fēn hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle
兴师动众 xīng shī dòng zhòng to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
组胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses)
赤眉 Chì méi Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝[Xin1 chao2]
项英 Xiàng Yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
宋教仁 Sòng Jiào rén Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913
涉讼 shè sòng to be involved in a lawsuit
当事国 dāng shì guó the countries involved
带累 dài lèi to get someone involved in one's trouble
带累 dài lěi to get sb involved in one's trouble / Taiwan pr. [dai4 lei4]
涉 shè (literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern
紊 wèn involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. wen4
置身事外 zhì shēn shì wài not to get involved / to stay out of it
旁观者清 páng guān zhě qīng an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
当事者 dāng shì zhě the person involved / the people holding power
婵媛 chán yuán (of a woman) graceful / to be interwoven / to be emotionally involved
外侧裂周区 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
有关人士 yǒu guān rén shì persons involved / those connected with (sth)
桓玄 Huán Xuán Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
三鹿集团 Sān lù Jí tuán Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal
亚罗号 Yà luó Hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)
伴侣号 Bàn lu:3 Hào HMS Consort, Royal Navy destroyer involved in 1949 Amethyst incident on Changjiang
别理 bié lǐ don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to
卑之，毋甚高论 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑之，无甚高论 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
博福斯 Bó fú sī Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
唐宋八大家 Táng Sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
单方决定 dān fāng jué dìng to decide without reference to other parties involved / unilateral decision
外侧裂週圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
外鹜 wài wù to get involved in things which are not one's business
大刀会 dà dāo huì Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
厮缠 sī chán to tangle with / to get involved / to pester
击剑者 jī jiàn zhě fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)
有关各方 yǒu guān gè fāng all parties involved
溜边 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溜边儿 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
烟花债 yān huā zhài involved in a love affair
当局者迷，旁观者清 dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
碰磁人 pèng cí rén person involved in a currently widespread fraud in PRC called 碰磁, consisting of crashing cars then demanding compensation
紫石英号 Zǐ shí yīng Hào HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang
绕绕 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky
赖昌星 Lài Chāng xīng Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008
酿酶 niàng méi zymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation)
外侧裂周围 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
约翰・霍金斯 Yuē hàn · Huò jīn sī John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
罗圈架 luó quān jià a quarrel in which third parties get involved
勾连 gōu lián to be linked together / to be involved with / to collude / interconnection / involvement / collusion
约翰·霍金斯 Yuē hàn · Huò jīn sī John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
入戏 rù xì (of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
皇帝不急太监急 huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom) / fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
趟浑水 tāng hún shuǐ (fig.) to get involved in an unsavory enterprise
外骛 wài wù to get involved in things which are not one's business
涉事 shè shì to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人[she4 shi4 san1 ren2], the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events
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